Shloka 11

मरुत्तोपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः — Genealogy to Marutta and the Logistics of Royal Sacrifice

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मण्य: सत्यवादी च शुचि: शमदमान्वित: । प्रजास्तं चान्वरज्यन्त धर्मनित्यं मनस्विनम्‌

Transliteration

brahmaṇyaḥ satyavādī ca śuciḥ śamadamānvitaḥ | prajāstaṃ cānvarajyanta dharmanityaṃ manasvinam ||

Translation

Vyāsa nói: Vị vua ấy một lòng kính phụng các Bà-la-môn, nói lời chân thật, thanh tịnh cả trong hành vi bên ngoài lẫn ý niệm bên trong, lại có năng lực tự chế ngự tâm và các căn. Bởi nhà vua ấy chí khí cao cả, luôn bền vững trong dharma, nên dân chúng hết lòng quy phục, gắn bó sâu đậm và tự nguyện theo sự dẫn dắt của ngài.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मण्यः: devoted to Brahmins / pious
• ब्रह्मण्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मण्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यवादी: truth-speaking
• सत्यवादी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शुचिः: pure (externally and internally)
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शमदम-अन्वितः: endowed with calmness and self-control
• शमदम-अन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शमदम-अन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजाः: the subjects / people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्वरज्यन्त: were devoted to / were attached to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√रञ्ज्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धर्म-नित्यम्: ever steadfast in dharma
• धर्म-नित्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मनित्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मनस्विनम्: high-minded / spirited
• मनस्विनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• the king (unnamed in this verse)
• prajāḥ (the subjects/people)
• brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler gains genuine loyalty not through force but through dharmic character: reverence for sacred learning and the Brāhmaṇas (brahmaṇya), unwavering truthfulness (satyavāda), inner and outer purity (śuci), and disciplined mastery of mind and senses (śama–dama). Such virtues naturally draw the people’s affection and trust.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa describes the moral qualities of a particular king and explains the social result: because the king is consistently devoted to dharma and self-controlled, the subjects develop strong attachment to him and follow him willingly.